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    Duke’s Spook House

    4.5 (2 reviews)

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    Cranmore Mountain Resort

    Cranmore Mountain Resort

    3.4(135 reviews)
    35.2 mi

    Learning to ski as an adult is both thrilling and terrifying. While happy with my slow but steady…read moreprogress, I'm often looking for ski locations offering trails that align with my current ability and offer a bit of a challenge when I'm up for it. Cranmore delivered just that and more. Lots of greens and blues where I could work on my skills, try trails with escalating difficulty, and still kick back when I just want to enjoy myself and not be a ball of nerves. I also enjoyed the length and variety of their many trails I could traverse. Was happy to have more options than just a quick up and down in a straight line over a full day of skiing. Their main lift was quick and skiers were able to load efficiently. Lots to look at on the way up. The day of my last visit there were several ski competitions going on just next to the lift so it was fun to watch people competing and see spectators make the trek up to watch as well. Ski patrol were out and about and lots of staff available to check in with as needed. The lodge itself had everything I needed... free cubbies to store your stuff, bench seating to change into your boots, adequate table space both up and downstairs to grab a bite to eat, indoor and outdoor gas fireplaces to huddle by, a bar and hot foods, and best of all... a bathroom at the same level as where you can ski up to so no having to navigate stairs in clunky footwear. Drop off area for skis, quick in and out to purchase tickets, simple walk over to a very large parking area. I can't wait to return when the opportunity arises!

    Who doesn't want a day acting like a little kid or reliving their winter childhood dream of playing…read moreand sledding (in this case tubing) in powdery snow? Add in adult beverages (for sale nearby). What a blast!! This was a perfect way to celebrate my 60th! We had a blast!

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    Haunted Acres

    2.6(14 reviews)
    40.7 mi

    I am a huge Halloween fan so group of six friends drove down for opening weekend this year. It was…read morea rainy, foggy night which added a bit to the creepy factor. We were one of the few people there so no lines or waiting! The haunted walk was closed due to the weather :/ (they did allow us to keep the tickets and redeem the walk portion on another night). The maze was actually quite confusing and you definitely felt like you were walking in circles and going the wrong way. Simple yet effective design. The graveyard was probably my least favorite attraction. Nice props and characters but nothing all that scary. Still entertaining though. Area 52 was actually really fun. You wear 3d glasses and it gives a fun effect when walking through the house. It does make you a little dizzy and makes it hard to determine where everything is (in a good way). Inmate Attraction was also really well done. The whole insane asylum type of feel was well done in this house. Great actors and props again. Lots of fun!

    I'd known about Haunted Acres for a while now, but somehow I never made it up to Epping to give it…read morea shot - that is, until I noticed that they had a buy-one-get-one opening weekend deal on Groupon. THAT was all the motivation I needed to drive up to New Hampshire and check it out. Haunted Acres is located in the woods behind the New England Dragway on Exeter Road in Epping. Once you enter the Dragway parking lot, you've got to drive about a mile on a very unpaved, very unlit road before you reach your destination. Were it not for the numerous signs with arrows in the entrance that say "HAUNTED ACRES THIS WAY," you'd likely think you were in the wrong place. One thing I can very comfortably say about Haunted Acres is that it is extraordinarily dark. Like really, really dark. We were in line right behind the exact same people for 3 of the 4 attractions, and I honestly didn't get a good look at them the entire time because there's just no light. This certainly does add to the "creepy" factor. The theme of the place is like an old, abandoned wild west mining town - in the dark, it looks very much the the abandoned set of some old John Wayne movie (if John Wayne made slasher films). There are a few costumed characters roaming the grounds of the "town," sneaking up on particularly frightened teenage girls and scaring the bejeezus out of them. Among the characters was an evil Easter bunny, which I didn't entirely understand (but which I still appreciated for the camp value). Altogether there are 4 haunted attractions at this place: The Skeleton Saloon (a haunted, wIld west saloon complete with zombie bartender), the 3-D Nuclear Accident House (a black-lit, neon-spray-painted 3-D glasses-wearing affair), the Nightmare Walk (a 15-minute walk through the woods), and the Maze from Hell (a black, plywood maze with dead ends and some creepy characters inside). The quality of the four attractions varied a bit. The Nuclear Accident House was good fun - probably my favorite of the bunch. The Nightmare Walk was fun and creepy at points, but kind of campy and silly at others (case in point: the pirate ship (!) in the middle of the woods, with the ghost pirate on board yelling "ARRRRRG THIS IS MY SHIP, MATEYS, STAY AWAY," or something to that effect). I think the creepiest bit of the Nightmare Walk was when one of the actors in the hillbilly section got just a little tooooo "Deliverance" on the poor teenage boys in our small group of 4 ("You ever squealed like a pig, boy?!"). The Skeleton Saloon comes in at #3 for me, as it was short on actors but the animatronics and props were pretty good (although the ropes that visibly cordon visitors off from the various props and settings inside kind of ruin the illusion a little bit). The least thrilling one (which is sad, because it had some great potential) was the Maze from Hell. I think I saw 2 actors in there the whole time we were inside, and they didn't scare us at all. The walls were all black, with no other decorations to speak of. A haunted house with dead ends and no set path could be awesomely scary, but this one really fell short. I wouldn't spend full price to come here, but note that every Thursday night is "Bargain Night," and two adults can get in for $33 - a savings of $10. There are also Family 4-Packs available online, with which 2 adults and 2 children can get in for $65 - a savings of $7. Overall, this place was average but fun.

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